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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1938
Page
2
Miss Madeline Blair reports 15 homemaker groups with 235 members and 200 reached, earning 7 632 16 in the past year. Major projects include furniture renovation, kitchen preserves, and a county home beautification drive with 629 shrubs planted and 81 yards improved.
Washington dispatch reports Congress will face varied requests to bolster neutrality policies and defenses. Rep. Ludlow proposes banning munition shipments to non-Americans, citing moral guilt over selling arms to Japan. State Dept notes last month licenses for arms totaling 3,467,040, Peru topping at 837,480 in military aircraft.
Miss Katharine Kern presents a second installment on Christmas greenery. The piece traces mistletoe from Druids to Norse myth, explains holly as the holy tree, and recalls Glastonbury thorn lore and the Col. Poinsett anecdote. It notes Christmas plants and a St Wilfred blessing.
Under D A Tucker assistant extension horticulturist of Virginia Tech a four day pruning demonstration series started in Frederick county. First at Ray Robinson west of Stephens City 9 30 then R E Brumback west of Middletown 1 30. Upcoming sessions include L O Dick Clear Brook and R L Bageant near White Hall then H R Butler Albin and E R Marker Opequon and P G Gold Timber Ridge and Paul and Braithwaite Cross Junction with a county courthouse meeting December 14 at 7 30 for problem discussion.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain hopes Germany will not annex Memel and is joining France in pressuring Berlin after Memel Nazis won a local parliament election. He said no German request for former colonies has been made and promised to brief Parliament on any Rome talks with Mussolini.
Richmond December report by State Comptroller Leroy Hodges cites a harsh indictment of Virginia’s fee based sheriff salaries. He notes 298 of 667 local officers are paid on a fee basis and 29 kept no financial records, with 60 using memoranda.
Three persons were injured in an automobile accident on Millwood road near the park at 2 am when two cars collided. O Reàr drove one car and was fined $110.25 for driving under the influence with a 30 day jail term and license revocation.
The unfinished work at Charles Dickens's death was The Mystery of Edwin Drood leaving readers to ponder its unresolved plot and characters.
Chinese reports say 6000 Japanese killed in Shansi by guerilla forces as part of a night harassment campaign. Other fronts report recapture of cities along the Sinkiang river and west of Hankow. A Lin dsein dispatch notes a major Chinese offensive to recapture Canton is forthcoming.
Los Angeles reports that Ruth Etting and ex husband Martin Snyder face trial on attempted murder charges with a tear proof jury seated. The case centers on a October shooting at Snyder's Hollywood Hills home and features testimony from Etting Alderman and Snyder's daughter. Snyder claims self defense and his counsel vows to reveal the couple’s marital history. Six men six women jurors have been seated.
Ten year old Cyril Shepard, son of a WPA tailor, died in Philadelphia after climbing a penny scale beside a toy showroom. The scale toppled, sending him through a shop window with a Bethlehem manger display.
Doris Catlett daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Catlett died at Garfield Hospital Washington D C Saturday morning at 5 10 o'clock She leaves two sisters and two brothers James and Miss Agnes Catlett of Winchester Perry Catlett and Mrs Margaret Ferguson of Washington D C Funeral services will be held in Washington Tuesday at 1 o'clock
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